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Book Title: Dream Hoarders: How The American Upper Middle Class Is Leavi...
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Publication Name: Dream Hoarders : How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It
Language: English
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Subject: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Comparative Politics, Economics / Comparative
Publication Year: 2018
Features: Revised
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Author: Richard V. Reeves
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
